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Westchester affordable housing plan rejected by court monitor

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The plan submitted by Westchester County to address its lack of moderate-income housing is too vague and lacks enforcement strategies, according to the federal monitor who has rejected the proposal. The county, which six months ago signed an desegregation agreement to building moderate-income housing in its most overwhelmingly white, upscale communities, has been ordered to revise the plan with more specific timetables and processes for the 750 homes it will develop and market to minorities. The county is committed to spending $51.6 million over seven years on affordable housing development, according to the August settlement, but its plan did not even designate a person or government agency to be in charge of putting that money to use, said James Johnson, the court-appointed monitor. [NYT]